Politics & Government News

11:32 AM on Monday, February 2

A federal judge has ruled that an offshore wind project aimed at powering 600,000 New York homes can resume construction

11:15 AM on Monday, February 2

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his department will devote $100 million toward a pilot program addressing homelessness and substance abuse in eight cities

11:13 AM on Monday, February 2

Faith leaders and hundreds of supporters have gathered at a church in Springfield, Ohio, to support Haitian migrants fearing the end of their Temporary Protected Status in the U.S. The event Monday at St. John Missionary Baptist Church called for an extension of TPS, which is set to expire Tuesday

11:08 AM on Monday, February 2

Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan say restricted access to the conflict-hit eastern state of Jonglei has left thousands of people in need of lifesaving medical care and food assistance at risk

10:27 AM on Monday, February 2

The Republican chair of a House Committee is rejecting an offer from former President Bill Clinton to conduct a transcribed interview for a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

10:25 AM on Monday, February 2

The Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday

10:22 AM on Monday, February 2

A senior Cuban diplomat tells The Associated Press that Cuba is open to dialogue with the United States if certain criteria are met

9:54 AM on Monday, February 2

The father of a 5-year-old boy detained by immigration officers in Texas denies abandoning his son

9:52 AM on Monday, February 2

Georgia's Geoff Duncan was once a conservative Republican

9:27 AM on Monday, February 2

President Donald Trump says he plans to lower tariffs on goods from India to 18%, from 25%, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to stop buying Russian oil

8:17 AM on Monday, February 2

Former Prince Andrew saw his reputation destroyed six years ago and became the butt of internet jokes when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

6:34 AM on Monday, February 2

The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements

6:17 AM on Monday, February 2

Britain's government has revoked the accreditation of a Russian diplomat in response to Moscow's decision to expel a British diplomat last month over spying allegations

5:36 AM on Monday, February 2

House Speaker Mike Johnson faces tough days ahead trying to muscle a federal funding package to passage and prevent a prolonged partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement operations

5:35 AM on Monday, February 2

Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has already cost Peter Mandelson the post of Britain’s ambassador to Washington

4:11 AM on Monday, February 2

The European Union’s top diplomat has rejected calls for a Europe-wide army

4:08 AM on Monday, February 2

France has adopted its delayed 2026 budget Monday, enabling higher military spending promised by President Emmanuel Macron

3:52 AM on Monday, February 2

A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week

11:42 PM on Sunday, February 1

Iran says it has had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the country to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group

7:44 PM on Sunday, February 1

Laura Fernández has won Costa Rica's presidency, continuing the political shift started by outgoing President Rodrigo Chaves